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What events led to the Berlin crisis and to the Cuban missile crisis?
Upset by the failure at the Bay of Pigs, Kennedy was now even more determined to prove his toughness against communism. Later in 1961, he had another opportunity when a new crisis arose over a familisr issue: Berlin Kennedy also had a chance to restore American prestige in another crisis with Cuba. On October 16,1962, photographs taken from an American spy plane revealed that the Soviets were building missile bases on Cuban soil. The Cuban Missle Crisis followed
In 1962 the US and USSR almost went to war over the issue of Soviet nuclear weapons in this country?
Cuban Missle Crisis
What two events intensified the cold war?
Korean War & Cuban Missile Crisis. Both brought the issue of atomic weapons to the fore front. Vietnam didn't, because the lessons learned from those two experiences were applied to Vietnam...(that's why North Vietnam wasn't invaded).
How didn't nuclear weapons prevent war?
Nuclear weapons only serve as a deterrent to war when both warring nations possess them. If only one nation has them or neither do, a conventional war is still very possible. That is why all of the Cold War wars occurred in third world countries where nuclear weapons were not present. In contrast, the Cuban Missile Crisis (and the corresponding Turkish Missile Issue) did not lead to war between the USA and the USSR specifically because both nations had nuclear weapons which could effectively serve as a deterrent to the other.
When a social crisis becomes particularly bad it is called?
a public issue
What issue caused nullification crisis?
Tariffs
What was the basic issue that led to the Spanish-American War?
The quest for Cuban Independence from Spain and the sinking of the USS Maine.
What did John F. Kennedy do as President?
- Established the Peace Corps to bring American goodwill to the rest of the world. - Pledged to the world that America would land men on the moon by 1970. - Led the effort to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis and preventing World War III. - Introduced civil rights legislation to Congress stating it was a moral issue. - Signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty that banned most nuclear weapon tests that occurred in outer space, in the atmosphere, and above ground and sea.
What was the long term issue that resulted in the Spanish American War?
The quest for Cuban Independence.
What was the long term issue resulted in the Spanish American war?
The quest for Cuban Independence.
What issue triggered the argument over nullification?
nullification crisis
What issue caused the Nullification of Crisis of 1833?
Tariffs on imports
